Opus Dei

July 15 marked a new anniversary of the death in 1943 of the Venerable Servant of God Isidoro Zorzano. María José Salazar, from Peru, recounts the important role he has in her life.

Venerable Isidoro, high school classmate of St Josemaria, died on July 15, 1943 with a reputation of holiness. On this anniversary, here are 3 recent favors sent in attributed to his intercession.

On 21 December 2016, Pope Francis instructed that the decree on the heroic virtues of Isidoro Zorzano be published. On this 4th anniversary of Isidoro being declared Venerable, here is a recent favour from Cebu City.

In 1961, Fr. Joseph Escribano, then living in Canada, developed a mass between his lungs that showed signs of cancer. People around him prayed for his cure through Isidoro's intercession. When the doctors operated on him to remove that mass and get a more accurate diagnosis, they found no traces of it.

"Ever since I started working again, I knew my new job was a special favor from Isidoro. I consider writing this letter a duty of justice. And I had been putting it off for lack of time..."

A year ago, Isidoro Zorzano was declared venerable by Pope Francis. We present a video testimony about a favor attributed to his intercession. Bruno from Brazil talks about how he was born deaf in his left ear. One day, he learned about Isidoro through the Opus Dei website and he decided to pray to him. A month later, something totally unexpected happened...

"At one point we had no food on the table and the electricity was cut off, and we’ve had to use candles."

"I entrusted the matter to Isidoro Zorzano’s intercession with a lot of faith because his holy life edified me."

"My sister was out of work, so we asked Isidoro for help."